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Re: RFC 2279 (UTF-8) to Full Standard

To: Patrik F$BgM(B tstr $B‹N(B <paf@cisco.com>, Misha.Wolf@reuters.com, Kenneth Whistler <kenw@sybase.com>
Subject: Re: RFC 2279 (UTF-8) to Full Standard
From: Martin Duerst <duerst@w3.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 16:21:40 +0900
Cc: ietf-charsets@iana.org
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At 08:43 02/04/12 +0200, Patrik F$BgM(Btstr$B‹N(B wrote:
>--On 2002-04-12 15.15 +0900 Martin Duerst <duerst@w3.org> wrote:
>
> > We could just point to Unicode 3.2, or to ISO. But we need
> > the RFC anyway.
>
>In the IETF we normally point to ISO if possible.

Sorry, I think I should have written 'and' rather than 'or'.

>So, I, as AD, prefer a reference to the ISO standard.

I think we should reference both, but ISO may be normative.
Referencing both is important to tell people that the definitions
are the same; otherwise, we don't help implementers.

Regards,   Martin.

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